Daniel Fitzgerald
Dan Fitzgerald is Stanley Black & Decker’s Product Sustainability Lead and is responsible for identifying, defining, and facilitating all strategies and action plans associated with improving the sustainable performance of products across the corporation. He leads the “Innovate with Purpose” pillar of the Corporate Social Responsibility strategy which includes goals to develop products that address unmet societal needs and to improve the impacts of products across their lifecycle. He joined Stanley Black & Decker in 2006 and spent his first ten years at the company in a product stewardship role providing safety and environmental compliance support for the Power Tools Business. Dan holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland – College Park.
Krishnan Viswanadhan
Dr. Krishnan Viswanadhan is a biopharmaceutical executive with over 20 years of broad cross-functional experience in advancing new medicines for patients with serious and life-threatening diseases. Krishnan is currently President and Chief Operating Officer at Be Biopharma, a leader in engineered B cells as a new category of medicines for patients with serious diseases.
Prior to Be Bio, Krishnan was Senior Vice President, Global Cell Therapy Franchise Lead at Bristol Myers Squibb where he was responsible for overseeing the integrated cell therapy franchise strategy across the enterprise including building core capabilities and key investments to support long term growth. He oversaw the teams responsible for the development, approval, and life cycle management of Breyanzi, a CD19 CAR T and Abecma, the first BCMA CAR T therapy.
Prior to BMS, Krishnan was Vice President, Business Development and Global Alliances at Celgene Corporation responsible for managing the portfolio of partnerships and equity investments. Prior to Celgene, Krishnan had roles in large and small companies in regulatory strategy.
Dr. Viswanadhan is a registered Pharmacist and received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Rutgers University and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Cornell University.
Krishnan currently serves the board as a non-executive director of JW Therapeutics, a leading cell therapy company in China.